I have listened to this older version of how Joanna sings this song and how she sings it now, more recent. I like this version better and it kind of sucks that she cannot sing it like this now. Ever since she got nodules on her vocal cords and had to have something done about it (around 2006-2007) her voice is not the same. She has said herself that she cannot sing the way she used to, some songs are better now, some not.
First, let me say, Jools Holland is doing something that is special. He presents acts because they are brilliant not because they happen to be popular although sometimes the two things coincide.
Second, in my opinion Joanna's place in history is with Bjork, Dresden Dolls, Captain Beefheart, Frank Zappa. I don't mean to compare musically. I mean to compare uniqueness. A new sound, new poetry. Genius.
What is this book of which she speaks I hear myself ask: is it that book spoken of by Joe Strummer in his later years, of Redemption Song? A profoundly talented young lass, perhaps even in her lyrics more than her harp playing, to the cogniscenti no less than the villaine.
i love love loove her voice. in both MEM, and her last two albums. her childlike-voice maybe even more, it makes me cry at the beauty of it and how it recalls life to me. i can understand it's inaccessible at first listen, but judging by first experience with art , music in this case, is a bit infantile, i guess. tho taste is taste, "take away the harp and you have a bitch who can't sing. hipster fuck." is a dramatic attempt to really say anything at all.
why do people always start 'harping' on about other artists in comments. it's all a bit 'my dad's bigger than your dad'. grow up for fuck's sake. if someone likes mustard, you can't tell them they're wrong just because you prefer ketchup. only a very young child would think on that level.
@chalice4ever What you say is not true. Both CocoRosie and Joanna Newsom started around 2002. And they don't differ that much. CocoRosie has a richer sound I think. Both are amazing though!! Yeah.. let's just leave it at that!
@chalice4ever Lol even though CocoRosie took her entire image and sound, like you already said (since Joanna has been performing longer). Also I didn't message you I just replied to your [asinine] comment.
I like her playing and lyrics a lot, but that ridiculous accent bothers me. Why not sing with your natural accent. Why feel the need to invent an accent that doesn't originate from anywhere? She sounds like a child mocking a singer.
@Stefandurrr yeah she did some kinda weird thing here. oddly enough this was the first version of this song or anything i'd ever heard of her. i knew there was some "awesome" in there so i tried again and struck gold lol
@Stefandurrr she doesn't actually have an accent here. in an interview she commented on how she has a lisp growing up which she try to suppress as much as she can. Over the years her voice has improved for sure, but it doesn't seem like she was ever really trying to be more eccentric than she needs to be
Somebody is in her way whom she wants with her but she doesn't quite feel is adequate. She wants this person to know that she is a viking and capable of anything. I understand that she balances this with her skill in singing and playing the harp.. what I don't get is where this all leads. What is going on with this song?
The weird thing is, it seems to me from listening to a variety of her songs thru time, that she did not need to be singing in this odd and rather annoying fashion. I mean, apparently this voice is a bit of an act. How odd. I LOVE her songs. She's an amazing talent. But I'm not surprised that singing like this gave her vocal chords nodes. Listening to it makes my own throat hurt in sympathy. I have no problem with her "new" singing style. It makes the brilliance of her songs easier to appreciate.
i just found her because of the roots and i'm amazed!!! i never heard a grooving harp before. u need to get used to her voice, okay, but i think really good music always has something wierd about it, that u don't get the first (few) time(s) u hear it.
ah and i really like mixing the roots' cover in when she's done playing (overlapping the applause and the roots-intro). give it a try, it rocks! =)
Has been likened, by a friend of mine lately, as a cross between Niandra LaDes and Usually Just a T-Shirt era Junkie John Frusciante, and Neutral Milk Hotel. Loving both, I guess I can agree.
@xxx111Gd Well your "Unique" is my "Goofy". I like Goofy by the way, when she sings like this she reminds me of Bjork, To me, Bjork is really fucking goofy, doesn't mean I don't appreciate and listen to her music. I wonder what you'd believe my "Unique" to be.
@HanumanLoki . Surely if you appreciate her music you would have left a more encouraging comment? What if she read it and took it the wrong way? (Even though she probably gets it all the time off comments on the net and such!) What is your unique?
Thanks to everyone who understands her...I LOVE this song, especially the harp playing too! (btw im a guy who's 18, and completely reject modern media-driven crap artists we hear on the radio)
Her voice has changed.I love her music,in the raw like this,with the band,and with her new voice.She's truly amazing,she remained silent for months,and had to regain her voice from the nodules she had to get surgery on.I admire her music,and her very much so.I hope she keeps making more music. <3
The thing I learned from Joanna (seeing this performance back when it aired) and later Daniel Johnston on The Rollins Show is to never judge a musician on first impressions. I was wrong on both counts and now love both of them and their work dearly.
@falexarzan why make a comment like that? not really understanding the motivation behind that unless you're crying out for attention. pathetic doesn't even give you justice
Why is she so beautiful in such a whimsical way. Her music does more than tell a story, it makes the listener feel, images turn into textures, words into spirits. its effect is intoxicating
I might have a dim awareness of how hard it must be to play such completely different things with each hand... and then sing at the same time. That's enough for me to love listening to her. But then you have the really amazing lyrics.
Even if you don't care for her voice you still have to give it to the rest of the package. No band, no drums, guitar, bass, piano, backup singers, dancers, pyrotechnics. Just her and her talent really fills the stage.
Listen to her newest stuff, and her live shows from this year. Like '81, Bridges and Balloons etc. Those have her more natural voice.
Basically, what I was getting at is that most people don't make their voice sound "childy" with the lisp/speech impediment. I understand that singers change their voice to some extent, but not to this extent. If a person listened to this with no background, they wouldn't assume it was a 30yo american. Regardless, it's over now. Leave it be.
Well you guys are blowing this way out of proportion. I meant nothing by it. Like I said before, it just baffles me how different her singing voice if from her speaking voice. Chill out folks. This got out of hand, clearly there were miscommunications... sorry for the trouble.
Also, I'm not american. However, the statement that you made makes clear your irrational stereotypes of others. I wasn't "trolling", I wasn't being offensive. I was simply baffled that she goes from speaking like a normal american women to singing like this. It was an innocent question. Don't be so darn defensive.
I'm not being "captive" to my experience. I'm offended, no... pissed... that this is the first thing you'd assume. The fact is, she's not being herself. She speaks like a "normal" american, and then starts singing like a european child with a speech impediment. To be honest, it's growing on me and I'm starting to enjoy her singing. However, I like singers who are themselves.
Perhaps you shouldn't being so condescending and stop acting like you're some enlightened musical guru.
I fully understand the "unique-ness" of it, and that it is an atypical style of singing. But that's not what I was even getting at in the first place. I was just wondering why she essentially "fakes" her singing voice.
Don't act like you're the only open-minded listener. As if you're ahead of the curve or something. I understand the significance of change and evolution in musical styles.
Yeah, I just watched an interview with her. She talks like a normal person... so why does she sing with this wierd 4 year old sounding lispy foreign accent speech impediment? It's unique and kind of catchy... but it's just such a wierd voice and so different from her speaking voice.
Hmm. I can kind of dig her studio stuff... but the live stuff kinda scares me. First of all, why does she sing like that? Not the 'shriekiness' but the wierd lisp or accent or whatever? Her wiki says she's american but she sounds like a child from some european country with a slight speech impediment. It confuses me. I kinda like her stuff, but her voice baffles me. Don't take this the wrong way, I'm just asking.
For those who are turned off to this song by her voice, yall should check out a different version of this song. Her singing is less harsh in other versions
SEEING JOANNA FOR THE FIRST TIME ON THE SAID JOOLS HOLLAND SHOW CAPTIVATED ME IMMEDIATLY I DID NOT WAIT FOR THE MEDIA TO TELL ME IT WAS OK TO DO SO IF YOU HAVE NEVER LISTENED TO THE ALBUM YS IRECOMEND THAT YOU DO ITS GOT THE WOW FACTOR
THIS SHOWS JUST HOW DIVERSE THIS WOMAN REALLY IS CUZ THIS IS SOMETHING THAT U CAN ROLL TO N UR CAR OR EVEN SOMETHING THAT A BAND CUD ROCK OUT TO. I JUS DISCOVERED THIS WOMAN A CPLOF WEEKS AGO AND I HAD TO BUY HER CD. IM A 26 YR OLD BLK MALE WHO LISTENS TO RAP AND RnB SO 4 HER MUSIC TO INTEREST ME N SUCH A WAY HAS TO B MIND BLOWIN AND A REAL EYE OPENER!!!! NOT TO MENTION THE WOMAN'S BEAUTY+ INNOCENSE+RAW MUSICAL ABILITIES=EPIC PERFORMER!!!!
Her voice is like that because in the spring of 09, she developed vocal cord nodules and couldn't speak or sing for two months. The recovery changed her voice. It still sounds amazing. Fools.
it's sad that people feel the need to "harp" (pun intended) on ms. Newsom. She's only putting her honest self out there and being more productive than most of us who are just sitting here surfin youtube...
i love her harp playing and the her voice is unique , it may not be for everyone , but why do people have to be so cruel :( it pissess me off when someone is up front like that bearing there souls and people criticize.
I really love Joanna Newsom and every all her albums. But she seems a little nervous here and loses tempo a couple times. Anyone else notice, or am I just a gay cunt?
Gmancrap is a cunt. Enter into his world and you will see what it feels like to be the last kid in your class with pubic hair and even when they finally appeared, they were ginger. There is probably a name for people like him in Berlin, something along the lines of 'Uber Twat'. Sleep well
A brilliant musician. Not difficult to see why some people can't understand it given one of the world's most popular noise makers today is Lady goo goo.
all of you grow up and get to the next level of humanity.. just listen and enjoy ... she -plays from the heart .. so whats the problem... please say something you empty vessels of flesh and bones ........ go on .... be what you are ... empty
@Gmancrap Mate i bet your a hipster yourself. My comment goes deeper than just Joanna btw it can relate to skateboarding, math equations and it just so happens to be that Joanna's skill is her Harp.
Even using the word hipster shows your complete lack of understanding of anything.
@shawnguy67 it looks like you don't know how to write a message to another youtube user. Also, if you can count the majority of comments are positive. Majority means "most" btw
I wonder how she can play so accurately while singing! its is a piece of artwork.
ps. obviously some people forget what their mums tell them "if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all" if you not going to say anything nice, at least give some constructive criticism...
oh my god this song gave me chills and this is the fourth time i've listened to it. just so unique and soulful. couldn't have a better voice for her purpose (making beautifully ambient songs like this) 11 out of 10!!!!!
@Romans10Verse9 Yes that is really what it sounds like. I torture cats for a living and i definatley see a similarity betweenher voice and cats being strangled. Besides I don't come here to randomly lie about what I think to people I don't know you annoying sarcastic faggot. It's my opinion and if you disagree then I honestly could not care any less. Honest I care more about a single hair falling off 1 in 1.3billion people in china, as it goes by unoticed slowly falling to the floor.
I have listened to this older version of how Joanna sings this song and how she sings it now, more recent. I like this version better and it kind of sucks that she cannot sing it like this now. Ever since she got nodules on her vocal cords and had to have something done about it (around 2006-2007) her voice is not the same. She has said herself that she cannot sing the way she used to, some songs are better now, some not.
imnotlookinganyway 3 days ago
"somewhere between bjork and a handbrake" - allmusic.com
she kills me, every fucking time.
kaini 5 days ago
First, let me say, Jools Holland is doing something that is special. He presents acts because they are brilliant not because they happen to be popular although sometimes the two things coincide.
Second, in my opinion Joanna's place in history is with Bjork, Dresden Dolls, Captain Beefheart, Frank Zappa. I don't mean to compare musically. I mean to compare uniqueness. A new sound, new poetry. Genius.
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What is this book of which she speaks I hear myself ask: is it that book spoken of by Joe Strummer in his later years, of Redemption Song? A profoundly talented young lass, perhaps even in her lyrics more than her harp playing, to the cogniscenti no less than the villaine.
Lieu3C4 1 week ago
"do you want to ride on my back?"
yes please
rossmat707 2 weeks ago
ROOOOOOOOTS!
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i love love loove her voice. in both MEM, and her last two albums. her childlike-voice maybe even more, it makes me cry at the beauty of it and how it recalls life to me. i can understand it's inaccessible at first listen, but judging by first experience with art , music in this case, is a bit infantile, i guess. tho taste is taste, "take away the harp and you have a bitch who can't sing. hipster fuck." is a dramatic attempt to really say anything at all.
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Pj676 3 weeks ago
what the flying fuck i don't even
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take away the harp and you have a bitch who can't sing. hipster fuck.
lookitsagrape1 1 month ago
brill
jamick666 1 month ago
I love her muchly x
IainRockss 1 month ago
I'm not really keen on her voice but no doubt she is an beautiful musician!
qtpie243 1 month ago
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dirkrozendale 1 month ago
why do people always start 'harping' on about other artists in comments. it's all a bit 'my dad's bigger than your dad'. grow up for fuck's sake. if someone likes mustard, you can't tell them they're wrong just because you prefer ketchup. only a very young child would think on that level.
SquishedButterfly 1 month ago
@SquishedButterfly Yeah, but mustard is so much better than ketchup.
Sh1ntoe 1 week ago
@Sh1ntoe on a ham sandwich yeah, but not a cheesburger and chips. hot dogs, I like both.
SquishedButterfly 1 week ago
This really makes me want to go play tag with her...
jesjulsgard 2 months ago
they are different sounds but the voice manipulation is completely the same. cocorosie started way before this...thing started.
chalice4ever 2 months ago
@chalice4ever What you say is not true. Both CocoRosie and Joanna Newsom started around 2002. And they don't differ that much. CocoRosie has a richer sound I think. Both are amazing though!! Yeah.. let's just leave it at that!
fdejongen 2 months ago
cocorosie just called...they want back their harp back and exact voice sound. pathetic bitch cant make her own sound
chalice4ever 2 months ago
@chalice4ever Don't be dumb. Totally different sounds. And they began recording at the same time. And.. Grey Oceans was awful
Kpierson081 2 months ago
@chalice4ever you chat air
jakelake20 2 months ago
@jakelake20 well you chat shit more than a toilet. dont message me again
chalice4ever 2 months ago
@chalice4ever lolz
muffinkitten17 1 month ago
@chalice4ever Isn't it odd that Joanna Newsom's first record was released TWO YEARS PRIOR to CocoRosie's? Get your facts straight.
Not to mention Joanna is a hell of a lot more talented and creative.
MrVoyaging 1 month ago
@MrVoyaging DONT FUCKEN message me again. this bitch doesnt hold up a dime and two cents compared to cocorosie k...
chalice4ever 1 month ago
@chalice4ever Lol even though CocoRosie took her entire image and sound, like you already said (since Joanna has been performing longer). Also I didn't message you I just replied to your [asinine] comment.
MrVoyaging 1 month ago
@chalice4ever Cocorosie fucking blows.
uhwaykin 1 month ago
@uhwaykin. fuck off bitch. dont bother replying.
chalice4ever 1 month ago
@chalice4ever Cocorosie is for crack babies.
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My eardrums are bleeding.
theseveremercy 2 months ago
I like her playing and lyrics a lot, but that ridiculous accent bothers me. Why not sing with your natural accent. Why feel the need to invent an accent that doesn't originate from anywhere? She sounds like a child mocking a singer.
Stefandurrr 3 months ago
@Stefandurrr yeah she did some kinda weird thing here. oddly enough this was the first version of this song or anything i'd ever heard of her. i knew there was some "awesome" in there so i tried again and struck gold lol
xanfus 3 months ago
@Stefandurrr she doesn't actually have an accent here. in an interview she commented on how she has a lisp growing up which she try to suppress as much as she can. Over the years her voice has improved for sure, but it doesn't seem like she was ever really trying to be more eccentric than she needs to be
stillcountingsheep 3 months ago
a lollaapaloooza chile !
lauritattack 3 months ago
I want Jools holland to narrate my life
dlharvey84 4 months ago 11
Somebody is in her way whom she wants with her but she doesn't quite feel is adequate. She wants this person to know that she is a viking and capable of anything. I understand that she balances this with her skill in singing and playing the harp.. what I don't get is where this all leads. What is going on with this song?
OpiumBeast 4 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Joanna Newsom
divna! :)
djuntafan 4 months ago
The weird thing is, it seems to me from listening to a variety of her songs thru time, that she did not need to be singing in this odd and rather annoying fashion. I mean, apparently this voice is a bit of an act. How odd. I LOVE her songs. She's an amazing talent. But I'm not surprised that singing like this gave her vocal chords nodes. Listening to it makes my own throat hurt in sympathy. I have no problem with her "new" singing style. It makes the brilliance of her songs easier to appreciate.
BrideOfSnape 5 months ago
I never really liked her voice, but fuck she's plays that harp so well :'D
konoha4dawin 5 months ago
Sorry, I don't get it.
RoboSlater 5 months ago
Ma chanteuse pré " fée" rée...
kshamram 5 months ago
she looks pretty old in this, isnt she only like 30?
NuclearViagra 5 months ago
@NuclearViagra She's 29, probably 25 or 26 in this.
andsoonetcetera 5 months ago
@Crypticald thats what im sayin. And shes dating andy samberg! What foes he see in her?
goddesscaryn 5 months ago
wow everyone. I've always liked this song. but it's the first time i watch her perform it. she is so talented. thumbs up for musical talent!
easymelon2187 5 months ago
i just found her because of the roots and i'm amazed!!! i never heard a grooving harp before. u need to get used to her voice, okay, but i think really good music always has something wierd about it, that u don't get the first (few) time(s) u hear it.
ah and i really like mixing the roots' cover in when she's done playing (overlapping the applause and the roots-intro). give it a try, it rocks! =)
AFNacapella 5 months ago
Has been likened, by a friend of mine lately, as a cross between Niandra LaDes and Usually Just a T-Shirt era Junkie John Frusciante, and Neutral Milk Hotel. Loving both, I guess I can agree.
StrudelFunkberry 6 months ago
@HanumanLoki . Unique ass voice dip shit!
xxx111Gd 6 months ago
@xxx111Gd Well your "Unique" is my "Goofy". I like Goofy by the way, when she sings like this she reminds me of Bjork, To me, Bjork is really fucking goofy, doesn't mean I don't appreciate and listen to her music. I wonder what you'd believe my "Unique" to be.
HanumanLoki 6 months ago
@HanumanLoki . Surely if you appreciate her music you would have left a more encouraging comment? What if she read it and took it the wrong way? (Even though she probably gets it all the time off comments on the net and such!) What is your unique?
xxx111Gd 6 months ago
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Thanks to everyone who understands her...I LOVE this song, especially the harp playing too! (btw im a guy who's 18, and completely reject modern media-driven crap artists we hear on the radio)
Babelfish112 6 months ago
@crypticald not at all!
Babelfish112 6 months ago
Yes the best version of this track i have seen loooove it so much........ Play this at my funeral please :-)
oshiemoto 6 months ago
His voice, is unusual, ok. I get it (lol). And great songs.
SuperPais 6 months ago
Her voice has changed.I love her music,in the raw like this,with the band,and with her new voice.She's truly amazing,she remained silent for months,and had to regain her voice from the nodules she had to get surgery on.I admire her music,and her very much so.I hope she keeps making more music. <3
ISawLifeTwice 6 months ago
if ya make to it the end n u not feelin better about shit then ur need some love in ya cold,cold hearts x
raver70799 6 months ago
why cant i find a person like her?
567yank 7 months ago
nothing i can say to describe that. so beautiful
567yank 7 months ago
truly original!
notquitearmy 7 months ago
The thing I learned from Joanna (seeing this performance back when it aired) and later Daniel Johnston on The Rollins Show is to never judge a musician on first impressions. I was wrong on both counts and now love both of them and their work dearly.
cranie4 7 months ago
she is outta this world for sure, i want to frolick with her in the land that she comes from
JamilAlexandre1 7 months ago
51 people don´t know what a harp is...
nimergas80 7 months ago
shes a unicorn
sebasboner 7 months ago
i always forget how attractive joanna newsom is
BoxProductionsInc 7 months ago 4
@Buelligan88 you're crap.
MURKYDEEP100 7 months ago 4
I think Joanna and Bjork should do a duet
charleslindsaymusic 7 months ago
She killed her dinner with karate! SKILLZ
JamesMajdali 8 months ago 30
@JamesMajdali chuck norris couldn't even do that
mumbojumbo766 7 months ago
she is magic.
chelseamuse72 8 months ago 2
@falexarzan why make a comment like that? not really understanding the motivation behind that unless you're crying out for attention. pathetic doesn't even give you justice
samwhad 8 months ago
Why is she so beautiful in such a whimsical way. Her music does more than tell a story, it makes the listener feel, images turn into textures, words into spirits. its effect is intoxicating
MadeinLaguanaHill 8 months ago
@falexarzan
She probably gets a lot of credit for playing an unusual instrument but I've never heard anyone saying she's like the best in the world or anything
Hell I'll bet if the average person and 9 of their friends got together they couldn't name 1 mainstream artist that plays the harp
Cocoaplata 8 months ago
@falexarzan cool story bro. go fuck yourself.
thetomatoelement 8 months ago
absolutely sexy.
emphyzema401 8 months ago
I might have a dim awareness of how hard it must be to play such completely different things with each hand... and then sing at the same time. That's enough for me to love listening to her. But then you have the really amazing lyrics.
Even if you don't care for her voice you still have to give it to the rest of the package. No band, no drums, guitar, bass, piano, backup singers, dancers, pyrotechnics. Just her and her talent really fills the stage.
highestcount 8 months ago
I play the harp too and I'd be sooo thankful if someone could tell me where I can get the notes. pleeaaasse, if someone does know it.
oHeide 9 months ago
@oHeide
I got your back.check your mail.
cdubadose711 9 months ago
@oHeide
Google "JNTP". (stands for joanna newsom transcription prjoect) It should be the first result.
Tons of her songs are transcribed on that site into printable PDF's, including book of right-on. I'm learning Esme right now. :)
flatwormfarm 8 months ago 2
i play the harp, wish i was as good as her
qwertyuiop365 9 months ago
Her voice is so freakin cute
Kingcire72x 9 months ago
The guy at the beginning is named Joanna Introduceom.
allispaul 9 months ago 5
she kinda has a reggae style voice. makes me want a harp
texzhorns92 9 months ago
Okay not to say anything about her style of singing or anything but, to me at least, she sounds a bit possessed. Anyone notice @4:02
Tomenais 9 months ago
what's with the metronome?
patm718 10 months ago
Joanna you are an Angel x Joy and Beauty always x Panda B
PandaB2 10 months ago
Joanna, you are an agel...x
PandaB2 10 months ago
She is truly divine.
2ubester2 10 months ago
interesent voice she`s a talent
TheMrLink9 10 months ago
She's so beautiful. I LOVE HER!! Although I am a girl..... I think she would be my soul mate. Haha. I'm not even a lesbian.
TaliWithinTheDaisies 10 months ago
or, if ever I have a harp, I'm buying her a daughter!
fatmoby 10 months ago 65
@whiteej21
Listen to her newest stuff, and her live shows from this year. Like '81, Bridges and Balloons etc. Those have her more natural voice.
Basically, what I was getting at is that most people don't make their voice sound "childy" with the lisp/speech impediment. I understand that singers change their voice to some extent, but not to this extent. If a person listened to this with no background, they wouldn't assume it was a 30yo american. Regardless, it's over now. Leave it be.
Mindwanderingguitar 10 months ago
@whiteej21
I've said it's over. Stop draggin it on. The question wasn't that rediculous. I've got an answer to the question, it's done. Leave it alone.
Mindwanderingguitar 10 months ago
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Mindwanderingguitar 10 months ago
@whiteej21
Well you guys are blowing this way out of proportion. I meant nothing by it. Like I said before, it just baffles me how different her singing voice if from her speaking voice. Chill out folks. This got out of hand, clearly there were miscommunications... sorry for the trouble.
Mindwanderingguitar 10 months ago
@whiteej21
Few singers have such a drastic change from speaking to singing voice. Also, I stated that I'm starting to like it. Don't put words in my mouth.
And sure, call yourself enlightened if you like. I'm gonna stop arguing about this and just enjoy the music,
Mindwanderingguitar 10 months ago
@whiteej21
Also, I'm not american. However, the statement that you made makes clear your irrational stereotypes of others. I wasn't "trolling", I wasn't being offensive. I was simply baffled that she goes from speaking like a normal american women to singing like this. It was an innocent question. Don't be so darn defensive.
Mindwanderingguitar 10 months ago
@whiteej21
I'm not being "captive" to my experience. I'm offended, no... pissed... that this is the first thing you'd assume. The fact is, she's not being herself. She speaks like a "normal" american, and then starts singing like a european child with a speech impediment. To be honest, it's growing on me and I'm starting to enjoy her singing. However, I like singers who are themselves.
Perhaps you shouldn't being so condescending and stop acting like you're some enlightened musical guru.
Mindwanderingguitar 10 months ago
@Mindwanderingguitar
Continued.
I fully understand the "unique-ness" of it, and that it is an atypical style of singing. But that's not what I was even getting at in the first place. I was just wondering why she essentially "fakes" her singing voice.
Don't act like you're the only open-minded listener. As if you're ahead of the curve or something. I understand the significance of change and evolution in musical styles.
Mindwanderingguitar 10 months ago
Yeah, I just watched an interview with her. She talks like a normal person... so why does she sing with this wierd 4 year old sounding lispy foreign accent speech impediment? It's unique and kind of catchy... but it's just such a wierd voice and so different from her speaking voice.
Mindwanderingguitar 10 months ago
Hmm. I can kind of dig her studio stuff... but the live stuff kinda scares me. First of all, why does she sing like that? Not the 'shriekiness' but the wierd lisp or accent or whatever? Her wiki says she's american but she sounds like a child from some european country with a slight speech impediment. It confuses me. I kinda like her stuff, but her voice baffles me. Don't take this the wrong way, I'm just asking.
Mindwanderingguitar 10 months ago
i like it
hugolife79 10 months ago
perfection
rascayio 10 months ago
I like it ;)
wheezit 10 months ago
For those who are turned off to this song by her voice, yall should check out a different version of this song. Her singing is less harsh in other versions
mountainman124 11 months ago
@mountainman124
But how many are like this?
Her voice is horrible in this!
leeperryismerry 10 months ago
3:20 - 3:40 the harp on it's own - sweeeeeeeeeet..
tommymooretuber 11 months ago
@johnnytruant69 I love the harp too, but the singing is so special and different, just awesome..
DarXLodi 11 months ago
SEEING JOANNA FOR THE FIRST TIME ON THE SAID JOOLS HOLLAND SHOW CAPTIVATED ME IMMEDIATLY I DID NOT WAIT FOR THE MEDIA TO TELL ME IT WAS OK TO DO SO IF YOU HAVE NEVER LISTENED TO THE ALBUM YS IRECOMEND THAT YOU DO ITS GOT THE WOW FACTOR
tig1960 11 months ago
Never get tired of hearing this. One of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard.
CharlieHuang 11 months ago
I really could like her kind of music if only she didn't sound like she was doing a parody of a retarded person.
criscros7 11 months ago
THIS SHOWS JUST HOW DIVERSE THIS WOMAN REALLY IS CUZ THIS IS SOMETHING THAT U CAN ROLL TO N UR CAR OR EVEN SOMETHING THAT A BAND CUD ROCK OUT TO. I JUS DISCOVERED THIS WOMAN A CPLOF WEEKS AGO AND I HAD TO BUY HER CD. IM A 26 YR OLD BLK MALE WHO LISTENS TO RAP AND RnB SO 4 HER MUSIC TO INTEREST ME N SUCH A WAY HAS TO B MIND BLOWIN AND A REAL EYE OPENER!!!! NOT TO MENTION THE WOMAN'S BEAUTY+ INNOCENSE+RAW MUSICAL ABILITIES=EPIC PERFORMER!!!!
tylarenz 11 months ago
Joanna Newsom is man's next evolution that travelled back in time.
fanofeverything 11 months ago
Wow
ShatteredSlowly 11 months ago
her voice is at least 30 years older than her
LavaCookies 11 months ago
Joanna Newsom is a perfect woman
gargh 11 months ago
I like this better with the track the roots made
aznxtasy341 1 year ago
ERES LA MEJOR. SALUDOS DESDE MEXICO. MEXICO. MEXICO, MEXICO. MEXICO.
ssppvv2002 1 year ago
What a musician. So talented.
curazy11 1 year ago
Its her voice..and the harp compliments her voice big time :)
KyleProGamer 1 year ago
love this woman!!! she's soooo great!!!
gladiator006 1 year ago
Jools is so fat here.
from93till 1 year ago
Her voice is like that because in the spring of 09, she developed vocal cord nodules and couldn't speak or sing for two months. The recovery changed her voice. It still sounds amazing. Fools.
zulubeatz817 1 year ago
Beautiful.
TheRettaG 1 year ago
it's sad that people feel the need to "harp" (pun intended) on ms. Newsom. She's only putting her honest self out there and being more productive than most of us who are just sitting here surfin youtube...
treddshort 1 year ago
THE DOGS IN MY STREET ARE HOWLING.... IS SHE THE FULL QUID
ozgreeny 1 year ago
i love her harp playing and the her voice is unique , it may not be for everyone , but why do people have to be so cruel :( it pissess me off when someone is up front like that bearing there souls and people criticize.
rikudrk 1 year ago
@spacenovra boooooo you suck balls
kjshbkcjsx 1 year ago
Her voice is unusual. Open up your ears and your minds. Not a shinyplasticpopallthe sameaseveryoneinshowbiz voice. Let go of your judgments, folks...
Blancahillary 1 year ago
Her voice is unusual. Open up your ears and your minds. Not a shinyplasticpopallthe sameaseveryoneinshowbiz voice.
Blancahillary 1 year ago
She has a harsh voice... Not sure if i can get over it.
Longwittyusername 1 year ago
@Longwittyusername yeah same here, trying to give it a try for a friend but it kinda cuts through you at times :D
gash46 1 year ago
right. Andy Samberg that lucky fucker!!!!! And I bet you anything he doesn't like her music....
jballs87105 1 year ago
I really love Joanna Newsom and every all her albums. But she seems a little nervous here and loses tempo a couple times. Anyone else notice, or am I just a gay cunt?
ClayMoreVen 1 year ago
3:30 - 3:40
Amazing hemiola.
Well, if that's what it was.
A 4 triplet phrase.
Odd.
saifwins 1 year ago 4
Karate?? I Kill my dinner with an 9 mm Walther :D
TheMastaOfMyDarkSoul 1 year ago
Karate??
TheMastaOfMyDarkSoul 1 year ago
thank God for Joanna Newsom
SalmonJanetOle 1 year ago
Gmancrap is a cunt. Enter into his world and you will see what it feels like to be the last kid in your class with pubic hair and even when they finally appeared, they were ginger. There is probably a name for people like him in Berlin, something along the lines of 'Uber Twat'. Sleep well
scotthoad1 1 year ago
she reminds me of a fairy :D sitting on top of a mushroom playn her harp and singing
Freakyangryhippie 1 year ago
If I ever have a daughter, I'm buying her a harp.
the1musiclad 1 year ago 62
@the1musiclad I have two sons, they might be getting harps too!
spacecatmoonbeam 11 months ago
@the1musiclad what's wrong with having a son that plays harp
m0410450 11 months ago 78
@m0410450 my mother has a son that plays the harp :)
TikTakSambo 10 months ago
@TikTakSambo nice
m0410450 10 months ago
@m0410450 i'd pretty much like a boy playing a harp. if i have a son, i'm gonna buy him a harp and a piano.
ninbin34 10 months ago
@the1musiclad My 7 year old daughter wants harp lessons, and being a fan of JN who am I to dissuade her?
moscowguitarman 10 months ago
@the1musiclad
Harp, really expansive :)
supertricheco 10 months ago
i wonder why she chooses to sing with an accent. she doesn't speak with one. shes awesomely different
ryansondrugs 1 year ago
She is beautiful. Her voice is beautiful. She has actual talent. Raw and beautiful.
kjshbkcjsx 1 year ago 2
Her voice is beautiful. She has actual talent. Raw and beautiful.
kjshbkcjsx 1 year ago
Absolutely Beautiful. She's like someone plucked from a story of the ancients. A siren.
DoctorRobertMeatbag 1 year ago
A brilliant musician. Not difficult to see why some people can't understand it given one of the world's most popular noise makers today is Lady goo goo.
ujean56 1 year ago
She's like a fairy ^.^
DuneBuggy00 1 year ago
all of you grow up and get to the next level of humanity.. just listen and enjoy ... she -plays from the heart .. so whats the problem... please say something you empty vessels of flesh and bones ........ go on .... be what you are ... empty
srb07707 1 year ago
You either love her, or hate her.
So if you love her, good for you, you have taste.
And if you don't, please go listen to something else, there's no need to unsult something just because you don't like it.
turdfacesaywhaaaa 1 year ago
You can tell Joanna and her Harp is like being in another world.
As soon as she sit's down i think from her point of view it's so enjoyable and complete escapism for her.
solarwinter86 1 year ago
You mean a pretentious hipster making up a story as she goes on.
Gmancrap 1 year ago
@Gmancrap Mate i bet your a hipster yourself. My comment goes deeper than just Joanna btw it can relate to skateboarding, math equations and it just so happens to be that Joanna's skill is her Harp.
Even using the word hipster shows your complete lack of understanding of anything.
I bet you live in NYC or East Berlin
solarwinter86 1 year ago
Easy Berlin? And What on earth are you going on about? She's not deep, just bad at singing. But I suppose to you hipsters that is deep.
Gmancrap 1 year ago
@Gmancrap we get it she sings weird. kindly move on to the next video,please.
Naytinfinity 1 year ago
@Gmancrap Let's see you do better. And by that, I mean learn to play a giant ass harp and become famous.
em0andl33t 1 year ago
What a badass!!
JustJules1000 1 year ago
I absolutely love her voice, i dont know what you guys are going on about
LowBasslin3 1 year ago
she's just awesome
Marian0707 1 year ago
she's just awesome
Marian0707 1 year ago
Katastrophe
TheMastaOfMyDarkSoul 1 year ago
@shawnguy67 it looks like you don't know how to write a message to another youtube user. Also, if you can count the majority of comments are positive. Majority means "most" btw
ninjabear2pt0 1 year ago
@shawnguy67 something of which your small mind could not possibly comprehend.
eliyates2 1 year ago
Much respect to Joanna for this original masterpiece and much respect to the Roots for their remake.
UnKnowN720 1 year ago
I wonder how she can play so accurately while singing! its is a piece of artwork.
ps. obviously some people forget what their mums tell them "if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all" if you not going to say anything nice, at least give some constructive criticism...
HawkinsWaiting 1 year ago
oh yeah!! she is creative. unique!! she is an artist!!! she sings weird but I love it :D
filipomed 1 year ago
amazing harp player
dillweed44 1 year ago
oh my god this song gave me chills and this is the fourth time i've listened to it. just so unique and soulful. couldn't have a better voice for her purpose (making beautifully ambient songs like this) 11 out of 10!!!!!
akaElDuderino 1 year ago
She sounds like Adam Sandler on helium
nealae1234 1 year ago
She is good at harp though.
fjordbisque 1 year ago
@trezonz
Is that what it sounds like? Really?
Romans10Verse9 1 year ago
@Romans10Verse9 Yes that is really what it sounds like. I torture cats for a living and i definatley see a similarity betweenher voice and cats being strangled. Besides I don't come here to randomly lie about what I think to people I don't know you annoying sarcastic faggot. It's my opinion and if you disagree then I honestly could not care any less. Honest I care more about a single hair falling off 1 in 1.3billion people in china, as it goes by unoticed slowly falling to the floor.
trezonz 1 year ago